Our FAVORITE Mall Stores...GONE FOREVER!

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[@RecollectionRoad]

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[@pauloakwood9208]

I really miss malls. It was a whole day of shopping, social interactions, walking about, entertainment and surprises. Nowadays people just sit at home all day on their computers. A whole generation of coach potatoes.

[@davidc3857]

@Paul Oakwood, It's couch potatoes, not coach potatoes! If you're going to use a colloquialism that's iconic, you may want to spell it correctly so it doesnt become a different word entirely & change the whole meaning's origin... If the letter "a" was in closer proximity to the letter "u" on a keyboard I probably wouldn't have bother mentioning this, but they're on opposite sides of the keyboard. Just saying, right is right? Hehehe Have a nice day, sorry it wasn't intended to be sarcastic but when I noticed it, it changed the whole concept & would likely confuse someone from a different era who wasnt familiar with the term. For what it's worth, I wholeheartedly agree with your intended point, there are too damn many couch potatoes as it is! 😇

[@markjulianoriginalhooli2217]

@@davidc3857 lighten up professor 🙄

[@David49305]

@@davidc3857 Good lord. No one likes a know it all!!

[@David49305]

Malls still exist...

[@tball5677]

@@davidc3857 Holy shit! WORD NAZI ALERT!!!!!

[@Mbartel500]

When my mom took me with her to the mall, I spent the whole time in Radio Shack. When she was done shopping, she knew exactly where I would be. I loved that store, and I still miss it…and my mom…

[@bretthibbs6083]

I did the same lol and in fact I have a graphic EQ that she bought me close to 30 years ago and it still works great and I also have a multi band radio with shortwave bands on it and it's about 23 years old and still works and one time I got wsm in nashville on it and it's 900 miles away

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

I had to get my free 9 volt battery of the month and get my card punched.

[@lawnmowerman2199]

Hi I know exactly how you feel buddy, the only difference is it was my dad. My mom passed when I was 12 and my dad's sisters worked at the Fanny Farmers candy store so we hung out at the mall at least a day or two each week....sure do miss those days in the early 70s

[@intentionallymade]

That was my dads favorite store. So many good memories in that store haha.

[@cherriaydelotte8327]

We have a Radio Shack just 10 minutes from our house. I love it!!!

[@RJ-luci]

Can we all just appreciate the time and research Recollection Road puts into these well documented videos!👏

[@zahramokhtar6727]

I remember when every mall had a fabric store.

[@barbarak2836]

At least one.

[@bobpike8050]

So-Fro or somthin' like that.

[@vistalite-ph4zw]

House of Fabrics...my mom loved that place.

[@pkmnan00bis]

Anna's Linens and Hancock Fabrics were the usual chains besides Joanne's.

[@tejaswoman]

In dallas, in addition to Hancock's fabrics, we had Cloth World. So. Many. Memories. Shopping at Cloth World for notions, patterns, fabrics with my mom. I especially loved browsing the section that had different shaped buttons such as little houses, reindeer, etc.

[@YOURCAPSLOCKISON]

I miss going to see my grandpapa at work in the paint section at Sears. He was so happy and full of life. Good memories :)

[@charles-y2z6c]

God bless your grandpa. I worked in the paint department at Sears, also worked in hardware and sporting goods. Mine had a diner in it and I loved the melt sandwiches.

[@ashextraordinaire]

Until I read your comment, I'd never heard another person call their grandfather "grandpapa". Now I'm thinking of all the good memories with my own Grandpapa!

[@billgreen1861]

@@charles-y2z6c I'm not from this country could you please tell me what is a " melt sandwich " ?

[@charles-y2z6c]

@@billgreen1861 Its basically grilled toasted bread with cheese and a meat or fish and sauteed onions, usually with a side of some kind of fried potatoes and lettuce and tomato. The beef ones are often called Patty Melt, the fish is Tuna Melt Search for Patty Melt if you want to see what they look like

[@marciam6224]

Sears was one of our anchor stores and the first anchor to "jump ship" and leave. That is where ALL my appliances came from. Nothing like a Kenmore to say reliability. We've been married for 46 years and only on our 2nd washer & dryer.

[@claudiaschneider3077]

Nothing today will compare to the Malls of the 80s and 90s! Nothing!! Good times and great memories!!

[@shinnam]

The malls in Asia are alive and well. I think having public transportation and supermarkets in the malls are keeping them alive.

[@marciam6224]

We lost acres and acres of blueberry farms so they could build a mall. Of the 3 anchor stores, only 1 remains. Most of the other stores have closed up because there wasn't enough business with the anchor's gone. Now it sits like a ghost town and we still don't have blueberries!!

[@timmmahhhh]

They paved paradise and they put up a parking lot.

[@pmafterdark]

Marcia! Marcia! Marcia!

[@wantingoneangel8976]

Marcia M. I so understand how you feel😪. Although the Mall was a happy place for me growing up, my favorite fruit are blueberries🫐🫐💙💙. And as much as I love Malls, it is a sin to sacrifice pristine farmland with fertile soil to built Malls or today to build Amazon fulfillment places.

[@Mark-uv6sm]

Can I ask what city Or Mall?

[@bramlintrent1145]

Maybe Davy Jones will take you out for a groovy blueberry ice cream soda after the prom, or pop your cherry.

[@moeomoton520]

Wow! I loved going to Aladdin's Castle and getting posters at Spencer's. The 80s were just a special period of time!

[@pmafterdark]

Sure was! Glad I got to live through it.

[@thenightporter]

I spent SO much of my babysitting money at Spencers, like colored hair spray in 1982. 😩

[@mdf3530]

From the time I was 10 to about the time I was 18, Spencer’s was my favorite store in the mall.

[@thenightporter]

@@mdf3530 so what did you and your friends, as boys, buy there?

[@bobpike8050]

Black lights!

[@MrTPF1]

Chess King, Spencer Gifts, Radio Shack, Hickory Farms, and Wilson Leather were real popular at our mall, the Galleria at Worcester Center in MA.

[@freedomrings1420]

They must have had a " Friendly's " there considering that Massachusetts is head quarters. I can't recall the highway where they have Friendly's written in big shrubs along it.

[@vistalite-ph4zw]

Yes! Hickory Farms the free samples of beef stick or summer sausage.

[@vinnieboombatzmd3508]

Who didn't love walking past the Wilson's Leather and taking a deep breath. Loved that smell.

[@lisa9867]

I remember shopping in that mall. They had a big parking garage. I used to go there and one day a coworker told me to never go alone because there was a lot of crime in the parking garage. After that I stopped going. I remember when it was turned into an outlet mall and it was packed. Then that died too and now they tore it down and also the other smaller one near it which I heard was turned into an Amazon warehouse.

[@richardrichmarcleveque3607]

Mister Minit gone

[@actipton80]

I remember a store called Natural Wonders that sold science and nature themed items and toys. I remember they usually had big amethyst geodes on display and a room with glow in the dark things. I also remember Toy liquidators which was KB's outlet store. I also frequented Waldenbooks and miss having a good bookstore at the mall. My local mall had a Border's until 2011.

[@cainealexander-mccord2805]

We had one here at the late, great Rolling Acres Mall. RIP, Rolling Acres. How I miss the air hockey at Aladdin's Castle.

[@bretthibbs6083]

I bought a telescope from Natural wonders almost 20 years ago. But the sad part is I'm not sure where it is right now I think I have it somewhere I just can't remember where I've moved so many times in the last 20 years

[@gazelle3635]

And The Nature Company store.

[@dailytaylor]

Ah, I have a soft spot in my heart for Natural Wonders. I used to be a manager for them and that was a really cool company to work for. It was a bummer when they closed.

[@lhansel7584]

Yes, Natural wonders, I loved that store.

[@andyvonyeast332]

I miss Sears so much! Craftsman Tools have fed my family for 30 years. Thanks to Recollection Road for the memories!

[@tmapes1989]

a shame it is all Chinese crap now!!!

[@markjulianoriginalhooli2217]

Same here 👍

[@jimdennis2451]

Why pay Snap On prices, when you can get Craftsman?

[@sandybruce9092]

I (demale) only bought Craftsman tools and still have all of them a good close to 50 years later!!! KMart sold Crsctsman tools years ago but they are gone, too. Shopping has become e difficult!😛

[@sandybruce9092]

Geeze - I meant to say “female” - can’t type worth a plug nickel!!!

[@PeaceLoveRats]

Kay bee toys!!!!! Used to love that place!!!!

[@lelandgaunt9985]

We had toys by Roy first.

[@Ilovevintage77]

I used to BEG to have that little dog animatronic that barked and flipped over. It was always in the front of kay-bee. I now know why my mom wouldn’t allow such a loud annoying toy 😂🐶🐶

[@danieldaniels7571]

It was my favorite place to by Atari cartridges

[@916simone]

I haven't seen a Mrs. Fields cookie shop in the mall in years. They made the best choice chip cookies back in the day. And except for Sees all the candy shops disappeared from the malls too. I remember when the anchor stores in the mall had a candy shops that sold chocolates.

[@thenightporter]

Mall of America has one just outside of Nickelodeon Universe.

[@tmapes1989]

There is a See's candy in Sacramento on Truxel, next to Walmart

[@rachelc.5463]

Montgomery Ward's had candy counter section in their stores. I remember buying candy by the pound there.

[@Brollyssweetface]

Come to the malls in North Texas. We have all of those things.

[@juliepoolie5494]

I worked at Mrs. Field’s 1982-1988. (HS and some of college). Great times! We actually made the dough from scratch back then. Debbie Field’s visited the store for a check once with bodyguards around her. My friend and I would give each other “breaks” so we could see which stores had sales going on. And my sister worked at K Bee toys across the way. Ah, the good ole days!

[@traciecombs7030]

Hallmark, Carlton Cards, Godiva Chocolates, Kinney Shoes, Gloria Jeans Coffee, The Body Shop...

[@texman8150]

In the 1980's a furniture company named "This End Up" had stores in about 240 malls. Their furniture was very simple crate styled (hence the name) made of sturdy southern yellow pine. The company changed ownership several times and the mall stores were closed due to financial problems despite rising sales. I bought some furniture from a mall store in 1986 and still have it, in great shape to this day. I bought some replacement cusions through their website several months ago, so basically it's new furniture again. 🤠

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

I remember them. I also bought some stuff from "Unfinished Furniture" stores. They disappeared also.

[@DidntSay]

Same Here. Still have an entire bedroom and living room set.

[@user-vm5ud4xw6n]

I loved This End Up and had furniture of theirs in every room except my bedroom. Before I could get that room furnished we got orders for Hawaii. They didn’t have a TEU there but I love the bedroom set I got from the post exchange. Unfortunately we lost our home, then moved in with our kids, then a 20’ travel trailer so I had no use for my furniture and my hub was irritated at me for paying all the money for storage. My kids had some of it but then wanted to get their own stuff. I gave my furniture to a friend indefinitely but I also told her if she ever was in a place where she could get her own stuff she wasn’t allowed to sell it. She had to find someone who was in need and pass it on to them. She also had to tell that person the furniture was not to be sold. Only donated to someone in need. Her son got married and they needed a sofa so when my kids got their stuff her son came and got the sofa and he was told the same thing. No selling! I still have the Parsons table, my grandson has my son’s dresser and the 2 book cases that used to be in my living room. There’s a storage unit in the home office, the corner cabinet is downstairs. All told I still have 6 pieces left and I bought my first piece in 1984 after I graduated from nursing school. When we got ready to leave Hawaii they sent movers over to check out our stuff to see what they needed to bring to pack us up. The guy saw our stuff and thought he just needed one guy to help. My hub told him “You better check that sofa. It isn’t light.” The guy was shocked at how heavy one solid pine sofa could be. I guess the shipping crate appearance was deceiving. It was funny that our “shipping crate” furniture got put in those same shipping crates to be sent across the Pacific Ocean and then 1/2 way across country!! Sorry this is so long. I should have made it a regular comment. Got a little carried away! Amazingly enough you can still get their furniture but as you’d expect, the delivery fee is outrageous! Actually now that I think about it, they may have had a TEU in Hawaii but I couldn’t tell you why I didn’t furnish my bedroom with their product! Oh, and my friend did finally get rid of my furniture and she gave it to someone in need. I really miss my great furniture!

[@texman8150]

@@user-vm5ud4xw6n Great story. Thanks. Once in awhile they have free shipping promos. I took advantage of that when I ordered the replacement cushions for my couch, chair and ottoman earlier this year.

[@mrath]

I believe This End Up is still in business, but they are online/catalog only. They are best known for the sturdy furniture that is often used in college dorms

[@NITE_SHIFTING]

Love your videos....but with a tinge of sadness.

[@erc1971erc1971]

I think we all do. While they bring back fond memories, they also remind us of a time when the country was in a better place.

[@jenniferhansen3622]

They do stir up feelings, don't they? 😢

[@Momsdailyagenda]

me too

[@Jean-ni6of]

More than a tinge of sadness. Great video.

[@jbfins1]

I also remember in the 80's Pier One was the place to get cheap, sturdy dishes and glasses. Plus hippie like clothes and shoes. I know. I used to shop there!

[@raysillence4760]

Pier one cheap ? What waterfront dock were you on ?

[@jbfins1]

@@raysillence4760 again, as I said, in the 80's. We got heavy duty beautiful glassware for a dollar a piece. Got clothes for around $15.00. Sandals for $5. One of my favorite items from them was a thick clear glass mannequin head that had a cork stopper.

[@benclark2026]

I always liked going to Morrison's Cafeteria when I was a kid.

[@trish5556]

Yes! I forgot they often were in the malls. Nothing like it now. Too many fast food places or yuppie sports bars.

[@susanpolice8465]

I worked there! Almost forgot! thanks for reminding me!

[@slim-oneslim8014]

K-Mart and Sears. I miss them both! Thank you Recollection for another trip down memory lane.

[@jenniferh1416]

I've explained the blue light special to my kids.

[@MikeBrown-ii3pt]

Sears, Sam Goody, Waldens and, after I had kids, Kay Bee toys are the only stores in this video I've ever set foot in. Walden Books is the only one that I actually miss.

[@intuitive7274]

Yep all gone

[@Mrcruisefever1]

Mine was : Sears , KB Toys , FAO toy store , Toys R US ( was not part of the mall ) , Disney Store I was born in November 1984 @Mike Brown

[@loydkline4686]

❤️ mall & toys & book stores, , free hangout

[@Mrcruisefever1]

@@loydkline4686 , Yep ( before they added the $$$$ stores in malls )

[@loydkline4686]

@@intuitive7274 indoor mall, great for christmas holiday shopping,,

[@kenhill3230]

I always loved Sharper Image, Spencer's, Radio Shack, and the arcades.

[@lovly2cu725]

SPENCERS IS STILL AROUND

[@kenhill3230]

@@lovly2cu725 Yes, but not here anymore.

[@charles-y2z6c]

There is a Spencers at East View Mall just outside of Rochester NY.

[@charliejoson9145]

All my life, as a non American, I had always thought that Sharper Image was a barbershop. I was so wrong with that one.

[@charles-y2z6c]

@@charliejoson9145 😂😂😂 as an American, the first time I heard it I thought same thing. Thought it was one of those sports barber shop that always had a baseball or football game on a large screen tv that played while you wait.

[@sleepingwithcats5121]

Anything to do with other people, being together, sharing, communicating, being a human being, it's pretty much, almost gone.

[@susanpolice8465]

Sleeping....TOTALLY Agree! Very sad...

[@scottfulps2065]

This kind of makes me sad...I remember all of these as a teen roaming our local mall with friends so long ago...

[@nadecha5326]

I miss Blockbuster, Circuit City and Radio Shack.

[@quantumkettlebells4384]

Yes! Radio Shack ! 👌

[@chrislim7976]

Blockbuster was magical. 😂

[@WorgenGrrl]

I didn't have Sam Goody, in my mall, but I did have a *Camelot Music* store. I went there every time I went to the mall with my parents. My collection of Prince albums started there.

[@stevevasta]

When I was on tour thirty years ago, many of the malls had a Camelot Music. Loved the bargain bins: dollar cassettes, and CDs as low as $1.88?

[@lhansel7584]

Wow...Camelot Music! I hadn't heard that name in YEARS!

[@heretohear8662]

The malls were great back in the 70's and 80's as a hang-out spot! I recall a store called "Circus World" as far as toys and games go.

[@Shawn666Hellion]

Hickory Farms and kay-bee toy stores were some of my favorites, don't forget B Doulton book stores

[@natecampbell4708]

I worked at Sears, & it was the BEST working experience I had (total of 18 years in retail), so of course I wish they were still here; we lost ours in 2018. But the ONE store I sincerely miss & wish we still had was RADIO SHACK! From particular electronic parts & wiring solutions, to their electronic projects kits, they were great & I miss them greatly!

[@jimdennis2451]

My FIL LOVED working for Sears.

[@sterospa]

Merry go round sold men’s cloths as well. I worked there in the early 90’s.

[@r.l.666]

The only thing I miss about malls are the elaborate decorations during the Xmas holidays.

[@willhorting5317]

In the small Kansas city that I live in (popul. approx. 45 to 50k), there once were two malls. The oldest one was built in 1970. At it's peak, it had a theater with two screens; about twenty stores; and two video game arcades. It began dying in the mid-'80s. Now the only things left in it, are eight stores. And they are all set along the front of the building. The other mall was built in 1986. At it's peak, it had an eight screen theater; a food court with eight food businesses; two actual restaurants; and about forty stores. Now, it has a theater with six screens; the food court is completely closed; only one of the restaurants is still there; and there are only fifteen stores. And some of them are only open a few hours a week. It's a sad state of affairs, in this senior citizen's opinion.

[@blueroanspecial]

Back in the late 70's, before Christmas we would take a trip to Kansas city. We would go to Indian Springs mall. What a treat that was, what a mall! Now sadly it's just leveled piece of land. To bad.

[@willhorting5317]

@@blueroanspecial I remember hearing about that mall. But, living a couple of hours west of KC, my family never went to KC to shop. So I never made it to that mall.

[@haroldcampbell3337]

I worked at Metcalf South one summer and hung out there and at Oak Park Mall a lot.

[@frankrizzo4460]

I remember Lerner's my Mom and sisters would always go there, also I would go to Thom mcan to get shoes for the new school year and when I was younger Buster Brown.

[@starstuff5958]

loved malls..........yes I want them back. Lerners was my first job at 16..great memories.

[@jedidrummerjake]

I hope someday people will find the fun of shopping in stores again. It especially helps put you in the Christmas spirit!

[@58jharris]

I think this is the first time I've seen a video like this mention Wicks N' Sticks. I loved that store they had a lot of unique items in there.

[@lianeharper8106]

I’m so glad they mentioned Wicks ‘n Sticks - I don’t recall them being mentioned in any other video either. I was fascinated by the shapes and smells from that place. If I ever got separated from whomever I was with, they knew where to find me!

[@nodanceswithwolves8425]

I loved Wicks & Sticks! Always smelled so good!

[@19Ter67]

So many memories! I also remember seeing Banana Republic in malls too. Are they still around? And also in the 80’s the OP brand was pretty popular, I remember those stores as well. The parachute pants were so popular. 😅

[@WoodshavenPatriot]

Banana Republic and its parent company Gap are slowly closing all of their retail stores.

[@samanthab1923]

My dad wore those OP short shorts. Corduroy too.

[@MrProy33]

If you wanted OP, you shopped at Miller's Outpost. Great store for its day.

[@mellimel1174]

Banana Republic is still around, but is basically an overpriced Gap. The stores used to be fun, with a Safari jeep in the storefront.

[@19Ter67]

@@mellimel1174 Yes! 🙌

[@lindaborres5034]

We had a Mall in Pittsburgh in the 1970s. Loved to go to Woolworths where they had a restaurant. They also had a pinball arcade. Sadly in the 80s the steel mills declined and also the Mall.

[@davidmitchell6873]

Was it Eastland mall?

[@toddgardner8449]

We always went to Monroeville mall.

[@davidmitchell6873]

Monroeville mall seems to be still going strong but there has been a good bit of crime over the last couple of years.

[@lindaborres5034]

No. It was Allegheny Center Mall on Northside.

[@higgy04]

@@davidmitchell6873 There are still zombies lurking around that mall?

[@bobbyspapercraft]

Kids today just won’t understand what it was like to be a GEN Ex and hanging out at the mall during all of the stores, heyday

[@claudiaschneider3077]

Absolutely the best time!

[@SPICY_BEAR]

You got that right! 😎

[@atlbrysco6198]

Such great memories this brings back! I think every Saturday during the 1980's, I spent at the mall and recognize every single brand that was brought up in this video as my stomping grounds for hours and hours at the mall. My friends and I would ride the bus, get to the mall before many of the stores were open, and then - as they started to - peruse every single floorspace they had. Aladdin's Castle was a favorite (while we waited for the move to start in the 4 theatre "Metroplex" they had next door), then lunch in the food court, and then the afternoon perusing clothing, music and just being seen while watching others. I am somewhat surprised that B. Dalton Books (the largest competitor of Waldenbooks) wasn't featured - that was in almost every mall in my town. I never knew what happened to them. It's a shame today that most malls that still exist have either become ghost towns for low-budget, third-rate (or worse) stores, or become havens for gangs, drugs and violence. I remember when I was at that age, the mall was *THE* place to be. It was a highlight and major part of my adolescence.

[@nomadman1196]

Going to the mall was always like a mini vacation. 👍

[@jkdm7653]

I miss B. Dalton, bookseller and Hot Sam. Thanks for this vid.

[@tejaswoman]

Another comment that answers the question that was running through my brain. Thank you for supplying the competitor to Waldenbooks I couldn't remember the name of.

[@rickintexas1584]

As a kid in the 70s we would ride our bikes down to the local mall and walk around for a couple of hours. It was a great time to grow up. Malls were a big part of growing up.

[@TheCharlieH]

Yes you forgot Orange 🍊 Julius. The iconic blenders.

[@TheOtherBill]

They're still around even if the malls aren't Dairy Queen owns them now and they've expanded worldwide. Not all DQ locations carry OJ though.

[@davemardon6756]

@@TheOtherBill Wow..Ok, there was a small kiosk in Colonie Center (Albany NY) back in the day....Always thought they were a "one off" small family business...Good to hear they are still around.

[@edithdavis2848]

Loved getting those.

[@pianomanhere]

Oh my God, yes. Wow. I had forgotten about that.🍊

[@frankwhiteiv831]

And Hot Dog On a Stick! Our friend got a job there and we all made fun of her hat hahahaha. Best of times.

[@trish5556]

Oh yes, I remember all of these. Suncoast Motion Picture store was another of my mall favorites, as well as Electronics Boutique. There are several other stand-alone stores I miss such as CompUSA, Circuit City and Blockbuster.

[@XMattingly]

I _vividly_ remember that specific carpet and new plastic smell in KB Toys, the promise of new adventures in the action figure aisle and I’d give _anything_ to relive that experience. 🥰

[@morganm9040]

The Brea Mall in Orange County, California is still going strong. Whatever they are doing it seems to be working. The only exception is the vacant Sears. Who remembers Tower Records? Not a mall store but generally found nearby. The one in West Covina, California was a huge stand alone building outside that mall.

[@JaneDoe-ps6ve]

Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t Cerritos Mall still doing well also.

[@jamessatterfield7667]

I remember the Tower Records in West Covina well! I also loved going to The Werehouse and Licorice Pizza in Upland,CA as well. Ahhhhhh those were great times!!

[@marilynalvarez9951]

There are still a few malls doing well, Century City is booming as is Cerritos, South Coast Plaza and Del Amo Fashion Center to name a few. I remember Tower Records they sold tickets to concerts too, what a great place.

[@Jerry-ok8gj]

Houston too. 😊

[@starwars518]

Spencer’s was a great store

[@Robnord1]

Not gone. Over 20 here in WA.

[@WiseWomanLola]

We still have one here.

[@TexasTimelapse]

We would spend all our quarters at the arcade and look in Spencer's on the way out. Good times! I bought my first strobe light and dozens of posters there.

[@lovly2cu725]

ONE NEAR ME IN AZ

[@kendraokane3885]

Yea… Spencer’s is still one of the busiest stores in my local mall. They are in no way extinct.

[@DawnWilliamsNdyria9]

I love this video it totally takes me back. I remember just about all of these stores that me and my mom loved to shop at. I so miss Sam Goody's they had all of the records and the best prices, walden books was amazing. I still cannot get over Sears no longer being around any more I have several family photos that our family would take on easter and for Christmas. Looking forward to part 2. TFS💖💖

[@barnacles62]

I loved malls, go to one place and do everything, rain or shine. I can remember before that, department stores and branches. Men shops and womans boutiques, shoe shops, etc etc. I was always facinated how classy it was to go to a small mens shop in my small town, and men would go out of their way to wait on you, help you. My mother had to get me a new suit for a funeral, the man measured this and that and 30 minuets later I had my glad rags. It may still be service like this in cities, but you sure wont find it in Walmart,lol....

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

The one I miss most is County Seat. The entire wall full of jeans was the best thing going. The others I miss are Camelot Music and Record Bar. I don't know if it was a chain, but in our mall we had the Cookie Factory. Hands down the best chocolate chip cookies I ever had.

[@biancagerade4229]

I miss Walden books I used to spend hours in there I absolutely loved it

[@dave3657]

There are a few malls still around, so all is not lost. But loosing the anchor stores like Sears and JC Penney killed many malls.

[@janetduncan87]

Dillard's is still around, but it doesn't have the same high end feel to it. It's basically a Walmart where ppl will purchase something on Friday, and bring it back on Monday for a refund.

[@David49305]

There are a lot of large malls still around.

[@thetaekwondoe3887]

Our mall still has a Penney's, but Sears left a few years ago. The place is still hoppin' though.

[@MothGirl007]

*losing

[@fob1xxl]

When I was 14, or 15 these malls were just coming in being. In Santa Clara where I lived it was around 1960 and we had the "VALLEY FAIR PLAZA". Who would have thought these kind of malls would dissappear. The big enclosed malls had everything. Restaurants, Theaters even Pet Stores and Ice Skating Rinks. It was a place where teens gathered together. Remember "Valley Girl" ? Gone are Stores like BULLOCK'S I. MAGNIN, JOSEPH MAGNIN, SEARS, MONTGOMERY WARD. Today everyone seems to buy online. It's a shame. There are alot of great memories still haunting those malls that are still around.

[@synchronicity1470]

yeah, they were social gathering places. We are rapidly becoming isolated beings, engaged only in the face of a cellphone, although I myself do not have a smartphone, am not on FB/Meta, tiktok, insta.

[@samanthab1923]

I have a vintage black leather purse with an I. Magnin label

[@David49305]

Every generation thinks it's a "shame" when their generation's ideals go out of fashion. Our grandparents were ashamed when malls replaced downtown stores. That's just the way of the world.

[@AcidRetroArtiboe]

I lived in Santa Clara in the late 1980s. I went to that mall all the time.

[@jeffreystpierre6898]

The Original Cookie Company In my opinion,these were The Absolute Best chocolate chip cookies ever!

[@AccessoriesAddict5528]

Yes they were!!! 😋

[@lilitharam44]

Agree!

[@1mespud]

Here in the Midwest, during my teen years in the 70's, I remember shopping for the latest wears at: Union Jack, Just Pants, Plattner's Modern Man, Flag Bros. Shoes, Sears, Zayre's, Venture's and Grandpa Pidgeon's just to name a few that are now gone. Used to buy white painter overalls at Brod Dugan Paint Supplies and later tie-dyed them for that hip psychedelic look. LOL! Got my electronics and parts at Radio Shack. Bought records at Peaches and Streetside Records.

[@goldtopazasylum]

me too, high school in the 70's 👍

[@216trixie]

Where did you live? I've never heard of any of those stores except for Sears and radio shack.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

Man I loved Just Pants and Zayres. I had forgotten about Peaches records. Great stores!

[@rachelc.5463]

Zayre's had stores in Northern Virginia.

[@karynroeseler2652]

Sounds like you lived in the Midwest. I remember all those stores

[@ericjefferson6249]

I love all of the old pictures in different malls. It’s like a time machine to my youth.

[@TW-qz5nz]

I miss Morrison's an Alabama based cafeteria. A mall staple. They had great food!

[@1corinthians-138]

I miss Borders bookstore and Weinstocks. Also, we had Miller's Outpost, which was the only store that had jeans in size 0 in the early 80s. Pickadilly was a great shop too.

[@carolynridlon3988]

Sounds like your from CA. Those were the stores we had in the Modesto mall.

[@irisgreene4175]

I’ve always had a big butt…. constantly wondered jealously who was buying those damn size 0’s - it was YOU!! 😡😂

[@Patriot-American]

Well... I was kind of sad by the time this one was over!! Sure have good memories of many of those stores ...

[@freedomrings1420]

Think about this fellow PATRIOT....Unlike the younger generations of today ... We have those great memories compared to memories of looking at a cellphone 24/7/365 that the younger generations will have when they get old.

[@gofishingwhenyoucan]

We had a importers warehouse, Sabos pizza, Chick-fil-A, dollar tree,briar patch, Sears,foot locker, Payless shoes, Spencer's, kaybee toys, AB Stevens music store, railroad bazzar music store.

[@revandenburg]

My entire teenage years were in the 'mall' heyday. Can't believe my parents would let me (and my friends) WALK miles to the mall. We'd go to Spencer card and gifts and look at stuff we weren't supposed to, then go to the food court, then go see a movie. Those were the days!

[@questfortruth665]

A few things people born on or after 9/11/01 have no idea of what you're talking about: payphones, phone books, shopping malls, bookstores, and the list is endless these days!

[@Ilovevintage77]

Beepers, card catalogues, CDs, actually socializing without a phone, a real camera with 35mm film !! Tv with no remote etc

[@bobtaylor170]

@@Ilovevintage77, seeing the term, "card catalogue," made my heart skip a beat. I wonder if one in a hundred people could explain what the Dewey Decimal System was?

[@questfortruth665]

@@Ilovevintage77 Oh, yeah!

[@jptang1701]

9/11/2001 is when this timeline skewed into an alternate reality as Doc Brown would say. It sucks. It really, really sucks.

[@freedomrings1420]

Yes, but at least the younger generations will have fond memories of staring at their cellphones 24/7/365 when they get older. LOL 😂

[@poodlegirl55]

The store I miss the most was Marshall Fields, in the Fox Valley shopping mall in Aurora Il. It wasn't as big as the flagship store in Chicago but they had great service and merchandise. Once it was bought out and turned into a Macy it went downhill. I swear I still own some things that I bought from Marshall Fields 30 or 40 years ago.

[@larissaziemba9162]

Not only that but each Marshall Fields store was unique. No two were the same. Sadly missed. 😢

[@poodlegirl55]

@@larissaziemba9162 Von Mauer is the only thing close. They are still family owned and make customer service important.

[@livinginoregon2673]

I miss Morrow's Nut House! As a kid I loved watching through the outside window peanut brittle being made at the store at Lloyd Center in Portland. Sadly, both are gone, but I remember the incredibly delicious smell of nuts being roasted gently wafting out the front door and tempting all to enter.

[@cherriaydelotte8327]

My friend and I would hit See’s Candy first for a box of chocolates and then chow down and people watch😂 Then we would shop and grab an Orange Julius for the ride home😊 Good Times, very good times!!!!

[@tejaswoman]

Yes! Was just now racking my brain trying to think of the name of that place. Can remember when pistachios only came dyed red and I would buy a quarter pound of those plus a quarter pound of different candies.

[@joejawson5264]

I miss Waldenbooks. At the time, they had the best fantasy/sci-fi selection.

[@marlenetrujillo8519]

I miss the store Millers Outpost. They mainly sold Levi’s and other clothing and accessories.

[@tmapes1989]

One of my favorite stores, with great commercials!!!

[@jamessatterfield7667]

We had one on Mountain Avenue in Upland,CA. I remember buying Levi’s and western boots when I was in High School in the 70’s. Loved that store!

[@jjmaxx3834]

Farrell’s Ice Cream.

[@lovly2cu725]

FARRELLS IS BARELLS OF FUN FOR EVERYONE

[@TBaker-xu5is]

If it's the same brand, I think we had one at Eastland Mall in Charlotte, NC. If I remember correctly it was on the lower level across from the Radio Shack... downstairs from the Eckerd Drugs Store.

[@trish5556]

Yes! Loved the one in the Altamonte Springs Mall in Florida.

[@itinerantpatriot1196]

Sears was our family's go-to store. Everything from the washing machine to the console stereo had the Kenmore brand and back-to-school shopping at Sears was a family ritual. I still shake my head that a store that established could go under. You'd think, since they were the original shop from home outlet with their catalog in every house that they would have seen the potential of the Internet and been an innovator instead of letting other's take the lead there. As for Thom Mcan, there was a Thom Mcan store in our neighborhood shopping area. That was where we went for shoes and I still remember getting my first and only pair of penny loafers there. Seeing that fountain at the start reminded me of how I got my job working as a floor sweeper at the mall. The money used to go to charity but one Friday night the guy I replaced got it in his head to go fishing in the fountain for beer money. I guess he rolled up his pantlegs and was in the process of pulling the nickels, dimes, and quarters out when Alfred Taubman, the guy who owned the mall, happened to come through on an unexpected, after-hours visit. Anyway, the first thing he saw as he emerged from the back halls was this guy in the fountain and well, my buddy told me the next day there was an opening if I wanted it. I swept the floors for a few months. It was fun. I was 19 and hanging out at the mall wasn't a bad way to make a buck. I still have fond memories of Pat and Opal, the sister and sister-in-law duo who worked with us. They were in their early fifties. Really nice ladies who smoked Pall-Malls. I used to tease them about the manly cigarettes they smoked. I imagine they are long gone now. That mall is still around but I haven't been there in years. Still, my memories are fond ones. It was fun while it lasted.

[@bonwatcher]

The stores I remember were piano & organ stores, stereo stores and a pizza place, they were like staples in every mall. The one women's wear that was big in the 80's was Contempo Casuals where it seemed every young woman went to get clothes. Great memories of the mall experience, but now it is sadly dying a slow death.

[@MisterMikeTexas]

I remember Pietro's Pizza, which would have beat Papa John's many times over! They also had Coors on tap!

[@juliepoolie5494]

Mmm. Orange Bowl pizza!

[@ralphbalfoort2909]

The end of Sears came after the merger with Kmart, and the CFO concentrated more on increasing stockholder value than on selling what the the customer wanted.

[@markdanielczyk944]

Went through that nightmare due to "fast eddie"!

[@lawyer1165]

I remember malls in Orange County, CA, that were not enclosed, did not have a food court and movie theater, and were not a place where kids hung out with their friends. Of course, kids did go to the mall to buy things. Later, the malls were enclosed and other features were added.

[@dawng.8836]

I lived in Orange County in the 79's & 80's and hung out at several enclosed malls. Even worked at The Mall of Orange Carl's Jr

[@ec1628]

Worked in the Brea Mall in the mid ‘80’s. Even learned to ice skate there. Had so much fun hanging out with friends and visiting the arcade across from the theater I worked at.

[@MamaHill]

I worked in the Buena Park Mall, Ther Cerritos Center, The LA Habra Fashion Square, The Anaheim Plaza, The Huntington Center and finally The Mall of Orange(aka Village at Orange), all at Waldenbooks. 21 years of adventure!

[@jeanbean1390]

I was born in '63. I absolutely LOVE these walks down memory lane. Please keep up the good work.

[@mariahsmom9457]

I had forgotten altogether about Lerner. What a fun trip down memory lane. Love this channel

[@robertmoir5695]

A lot of great stores and places are gone It s always nice to have stuff like that preserved on videos

[@alandickerson3379]

I miss many of these stores. Thank you for sharing this!!

[@Yesterdays92]

It’s soul crushing to see these wonderful things we took for granted gone. Our mall just finished being flattened and demolished recently. But I was able to save so many wonderful things like signs and displays!

[@allen_p]

When I grew up in late 60's to the early 80's on the outskirts of Houston there were very few retail stores. The local Sears catalog store was our go-to shopping location. The Sears Catalog store was very small with some large appliances, lawn mowers, and tools on display, but my mother would order Toughskin jeans and everything else at the counter. Then, in a week or so she would get a phone call the order was ready for pick-up. My father ordered one lawn mower that Sears Catalog store didn't have in stock. Sears called that my father could pick up the two lawn mowers. I went down to Sears with my father and he explained, over and over, he only ordered one lawn mower and even showed the receipt he only paid for one mower. Sears said the two lawn mowers were his. My father paid for one Craftsman lawn mower and got two. 🤣 The last photo of a KMart in a mall is something I had never seen before.

[@pmafterdark]

I had a pair of those Toughskins as a kid back in the 70's, burgundy colored LOL.

[@SandyDiVa]

Just wanted to say thank you! I love your entire channel and really enjoy the trip down memory lane when it applies! 💗

[@debbieschultz9768]

One thing I have noticed since the stores reopened after Covid is how horrible clothes are. I went to Kohl’s and could not find one thing worth trying on. The patterns are hideous and sizes are incorrect. I don’t know where to go for clothes anymore.

[@irisgreene4175]

It’s impossible to find 100% cotton or natural fibers anymore. I’m allergic to synthetics, everything is a rayon nightmare now

[@Delete338]

I have noticed the same thing. I also noticed that a leading catalog company has very cheap looking clothes. They have discontinued many office apparel classics as well. Just very very cheap shapeless clothes. Doesn't anyone want to look good anymore or well groomed?

[@ASolzhenitsyn]

Fast fashion style clothing retail has taken over. This is the result. It's awful in every way except corporate profits.

[@LaJuera25]

Absolutely agree. I suspect with Covid that fashion froze for about a year so nothing new coming out for fast fashion to mimic. That and the fact that a lot of fast fashion factories were located in a completely lockdown area of China. Most people were working from home so they wore loungewear all day, erryday. I agree, no point in trying to shop for a new outfit these days, because the fashion is frumpy and grunge has apparently made a comeback with the kids.

[@robertpollock8617]

Sizes are not true between brands; you are forced to try on clothes and buy from the internet. Too many internet returns!

[@ionu4535]

Since you asked: MAY CO., BROADWAY and ROBINSON’S department stores in southerner California where I live for 40 years. I was First Butler for Mrs. Robinson in 1975 on her 10 acre estate in Beverly Hills; she died a few years later at 97. Of these three, her stores were the Cadillac of the genre and TYVM.

[@touchofgrey5372]

Sharper Image was by far the most expensive store I've ever shopped in! Bought a pair of sunglasses for $150 and that was in 1989! So, today it would be around $360! Was not the brightest or most frugal kid, back then! Thanks very much for the video!

[@irisgreene4175]

I bought a $50 bed topper though circa 2004. It was THE best, like sleeping on a cloud. Now it’s close to $100 for the most paper thin nothing. At least their quality was good, and you could wait for a clearance deal

[@duradim1]

At least you're a wiser, but poorer adult now.

[@pkmnan00bis]

Aladdin's Castle was bought out by pinball manufacturer Bally in the 1970s before being sold to Namco in the 90s. Namco had a chain of arcades of their own; Time Out Tunnel (they dropped "tunnel" by the end of the 80s). When Namco bought their rival Aladdin's Castle it created the largest arcade chain in the US. The decline in small arcades was less about home consoles (which, if anything, saved the game industry) and more about a boom in the Amusements Industry in the 90s. They were building little Amusement Parks in the malls. And some went Boom (Dave and Busters) and Bust (Jeepers). Amusement Centers evolved beyond just offering games and selling machines. Now they offer food and some other entertainment like bowling or billiards to pad their profits. Namco still runs an Arcade/Amusement Chain in the US. It's called Round 1, now.

[@DeKrampus]

Waldenbooks was my place in the 80's. Scientific and car magazines, games, and computer software. I wasn't a nerd either, but with what I used to buy... I could excuse someone for thinking otherwise.

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

They always carried good mystery books.

[@pmafterdark]

I remember Walden books really well here in MA. Used to love going in there and Lauriets bookstore at Shoppers World, probably spelled that wrong.

[@58jharris]

Waldenbooks was great for a bookstore its size.

[@paul16451]

Sears and Aladdin's Castle hold some great memories for me. My first real part time job was at Sears as a 16 year old. When my shift was over I would walk across the parking lot to Aladdin's Castle and usually stay a half hour or so before the bus came and stopped right out front to take me home. And yeah, there were occasions when I missed it when i was really into whatever game i was playing, , but the second one came after another 40 minutes and I never missed the second bus. Unfortunately I never got particularly good at any one single game, so the place really did eat a lot of my quarters. But I enjoyed watching others play who were good, as much as playing myself, so thankfully I didn't spend my whole paycheck at the place!

[@jeffaltier5582]

I was at our local mall the other day. Over 50% of the stores were closed and gone. It was like a ghost town.

[@robertpollock8617]

One in Orlando is slowly trying to convert to an outdoor shopping plaza. They tried to revive it with Planet Fitness, a bowling alley, big apartment complexes near, higher-end restaurants on the periphery of the mall, and a movie theatre... they think it will work..I hope they are correct!

[@deeannsmith7775]

I remember all the stores in the video. The mall was awesome during the 80s and 90s. Wish I was back there,👍

[@wendykornfein3337]

Northridge Mall in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, still there and terrific!

[@wendykornfein3337]

@Paulie Pavarowtee It's still there, and has been greatly enlarged. Skating rink gone, long ago...

[@DylansPen]

I haven't ever heard of half of these stores, they must be east coast stores as they weren't in malls on the west coast, at least not many if any. I remember Orange Julius quite well though. As well as many small niche candy and bakery type stores that made the mall smell so good all the time. Everyone that has grown up and missed the mall scene you missed out big time, it was always packed and on the weekends as teens we'd go there to meet the opposite sex and mingle or just people watch. It was the town square of America for decades.

[@tejaswoman]

We had nearly all of them here in Dallas.

[@MrProy33]

Not sire where you are on the west coast, but every single one of these were in the California malls I worked at.

[@RichardinNC1]

I was very purposeful when I went to the mall on my own but loved the family trips. My father & I would hit Radio Shack, & the Sears electronics and watches departments. My mother and sister did their own thing and we’d meet up at the food court or in front of Penny’s. And don’t forget the DQ milkshake! The first mall I remember was in Washington PA around 1970. Then a huge one in Cleveland suburbs, then Youngstown and Hanes Mall in Winston Salem. Even during later family holiday visits, heading to the local mall was the thing to do.

[@sandybruce9092]

What wonderful memories - I remember almost all of these stores and still miss them. The history behind each store was fascinating. Thank you so much!

[@toddbehrends1373]

I remember our local mall had a Swiss Colony and Paul Harris, at which I worked for a short time.

[@TBaker-xu5is]

I remember Swiss Colony... I also remember that it's competition Hickory Farms had a store in the same mall as well.

[@waldo717]

Electronics Boutique, the first computer games / console games store I remember until GameSpot bought them out I think. Spent my paper route money there many times in the 90s.

[@trish5556]

My son spent way too much time and money there! I was sorry he found that store!

[@jeffreyroman9732]

Radio Shack may be an entire episode of it's own

[@bp39047]

I remember going to the first shopping mall built in Texas in San Antonio circa 1960.

[@carlupthegrove262]

Nearly 60 years have passed since Malls became a part of suburban shopping.... now like the downtowns stores of the previous generation the malls are on the way to near extinction. Change is part of life. Thanks for remembering these stores.

[@gofishingwhenyoucan]

I miss going to the mall in the 90s

[@martinpennock9430]

Yes, I remember them all. Thanks once again for the fond memories. As always God bless you and yours and thanks again for everything you do! Have a very Merry Christmas!

[@kaitlynn1402]

Goes hand in hand, I feel, with Walden Books. B.Dalton Books. Loved both as a kid.

[@chrislim7976]

I can still flip through vinyl records at a good pace. So many of us also spent time with our mom's Christmas shopping, getting winter clothes etc. Seems like a much more innocent happy time. 🙂